diff --git a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.cpp b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.cpp
index b84ce98cc33..b51a378a36d 100644
--- a/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ QgsAttributeTableView::QgsAttributeTableView( QWidget *parent )
   mTableDelegate = new QgsAttributeTableDelegate( this );
   setItemDelegate( mTableDelegate );
 
+  setEditTriggers( QAbstractItemView::AllEditTriggers );
+
   setSelectionBehavior( QAbstractItemView::SelectRows );
   setSelectionMode( QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection );
   setSortingEnabled( true ); // At this point no data is in the model yet, so actually nothing is sorted.